handicraftsman

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But the handicraftsman is dependent on your pleasure and opinion. 

From Miscellanies by Ross, Robert

In Rome, for a free citizen to have been a handicraftsman would have been a disgrace; he could be farmer, banker, soldier,—nothing more.

From A Friend of Caesar A Tale of the Fall of the Roman Republic. Time, 50-47 B.C. by Davis, William Stearns

And once the handicraftsman contemplates the shape as it issues from his fingers, his mind will be gripped by that liking or disliking expressed by the words "beautiful" and "ugly."

From The Beautiful An Introduction to Psychological Aesthetics by Lee, Vernon

The movement inaugurated by Luther gave to the peasant groaning under the weight of baronial oppression, and the small handicraftsman suffering under his Ehrbarkeit, a rallying-point and a rallying cry.

From German Culture Past and Present by Bax, Ernest Belfort

His self-respect made him wise and careful in regard to his dress, but in other matters many a handicraftsman was accustomed to more luxury than he.

From Casa Braccio, Volumes 1 and 2 by Castaigne, J. André